St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-06

England. .Slr THOMAS DALE is en-
titled to that distinction, for away back
in 1916 he treated London to the same
sort of a sensation that BUFFALO WILL
IAN is now stirring up in Britain's
capital.
Sir THOMAS DALE had been the En-
glish military commander in the valley
of the James river, in the colony of Vir-
ginia, and when he was recalled to Lon
don, after career OF military strictness
which subsequent general assembly of
Virginia termed ''Scythian cruelty" he
took a number of the natives with
him. Among the Indians who ac-
companied Dale was JOHN RoLF's
wife, who is described by Lord
CAREw to Sir THOMAS Roe in
letter dated June 20, 1916. "a daugh-
ter of PoHETAN, the barbarous prince,
called PoCAHoNTAs." An Indian
maiden, the sister of PocAHoNTAs, and
brother-in-law, who was called TAMo-
COMO, were also of the band. That the
Indians who invaded London in 1916
gave same sort of performances as those
underline managementofB BUFFALO BILL
are now giving is fairly apparent from a
letter written by Rev. SAMUEL PUR-
CHAs, a noted London divine, in which
he says: with this savage (TAMoCoMo)
L have often cOnyerSed at my good
friends, Master Doctor GULsToNE,
where he was frequent guest and
where | have seen him dance his dia-
bolical measures"
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The foggy atmosphere an roast beef
OF London proved too much for the
forest children who went over with
DALE, and they rapidly died off. The
same combination with the aid of Lon
don beer will probably have equally as
fatal an effect ON BUFFALO Bills
crowd. The buffaloes may endure
London summer all right, but poor Lo
will be apt to succumb.
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Horseback riding is gaining in popu-
larity with the young people of ST. Paul.
And it is gratifying that it is so. Buggy
riding is pleasant enough in its way,
the bicycle has its charms, pedestrian
ism is good enough for those who can't
afford expensive Injuries, but for real
good exercise and an exhiliaration of
spirits there is nothing comparable with
an hours ride on properly melted
horse. A rivalry is springing up among
our young men as to who shall own the
best saddle nag, and heavy drain is
being made on the Kentucky blue grass
regions la consequence of it.
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1t may be encouraging to the more
ambitious of our young people who are
exhibiting their Partially for eques-.
trianism that, while all horseback riders
do not become great men, yet nearly all
our great men have been fond of horse
back riding. WASHINGTON kept a
stable of thoroughbred horses, and
prided himself on the fact that he rode
the finest horses in Virginia.
When boy he used to go
around and break his neighbors'
colts to the saddle, and he always ridi-
culed the idea that he could be thrown
from horse. During his. presidential
term his favOrite saddle horse was an
iron-gray gelding which he called Blue
skin. When asked what particularly
good qualities his favorite steed pos
sessed the terse reply was, '.He goes
along"
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That traditional JEFFERsoNIAN sim
plicity, which we hear SO much about
these days, originated from the fact that
THOMAS JEFFERSON, at the time of his
Inauguration, rode to the capitol on his
fayorite saddle horse, Wild Air, and
tying the horse to fence with his own
hands, walked into the capitol and was
sworn in. ttta
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ADAMS, MADISON, MONROE and
JACKSON were all famous hersemen.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS and Gen. JACK
SON were never known to miss a horse
race when one was in reach of them.
Gen. JAoKsoN's famous duel with
DICKINSON arose from the troubles Of
the race course. We have never had a
president who did not exhibit fond
ness for horses, Mr.. LINCOLN and Mr..
CLEVELAND possibly manifesting less